Fracking is a wasteful activity; it takes millions of liters of water to frack one well. Fracking is a dangerous activity, as hundreds of cases of water-well contamination in the United States demonstrate. In addition, fracking to extract shale gas will lock the EU into a high-carbon infrastructure with thousands of well pads, compressor stations, gas pipelines, etc.

I urge you to protect our drinking water by advocating for a suspension of all ongoing activities and permits at the Member State level, in all EU countries, and to consider an EU-wide moratorium on any new projects, in terms of research, exploration as well as exploitation.